What Keeps Us From Abandoning Ourselves Entirely

Before Strongly Desiring Anything, We Should Look Carefully Into The Happiness Of Its Present Owner.

Philosophy Triumphs Easily Over Past Evils And Future Evils, But Present Evils Triumph Over It.

The Praise We Give To New Comers Into The World Arises From The Envy We Bear To Those Who Are Established.

We Only Acknowledge Small Faults In Order To Make It Appear That We Are Free From Great Ones.

The Aversion To Lying Is Often A Hidden Ambition To Render Our Words Credible And Weighty, And To Attach A Religious Aspect To Our Conversation.